August 12, 2010 / Front Page

Clarke County was the only school system in the state to be cited for School Improvement needs in the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. More...

A lieutenant with the Alabama Alcohol Beverage Control Board (ABC) has been arrested and charged with stealing cash from the agency. Andy David Lard, 30, was arrested Friday and charged with five counts of theft of property, second degree. More...

100 years ago 21 ears on one stalk “W. M. Clarke of Nettlesboro stated to us, while in town last week, that a neighbor of his, A. M. Drinkard by name, had a stalk of corn on which there were 21 complete ears of corn. More...

Last week we closed with the fact that if Dr. Robert Bentley wins the governorship in November, Tuscaloosa will be the home county of both the governor and our senior U.S. senator, Richard Shelby. More...

Gina Skipper worked Saturday to decorate the windows of the old True Colors/Chapman Service Station building with school colors and clothing from Clarke County High School and Clarke Prep School. School started this week. More...

William Floyd Etheridge, 77, of Grove Hill died Aug. 13, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary Medical Center. He was born July 7, 1933. He was a native of Marengo County. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. More...

Clarke County school board members went against Superintendent Woodie Pugh’s recommendation on two items last Thursday— assistant football coaches as well as his choice for a new science teacher at Jackson Middle School. More...

Gene Pearson Finley, 73, of Sunny South died Aug. 12, 2010 at Mobile Infirmary. He was born Feb. 18, 1937 in Sunny South. He was a member of the Sunny South Baptist Church. He was a retired locomotive engineer for Southern Railroad. More...

Margaret Allday died Aug. 17, 2010. The service will be Friday, Aug. 20 at 2 p.m. with visitation at 1 p.m. at Lathan Funeral Home Chapel in Grove Hill. Burial will be in the W.A. Smith Cemetery in Grove Hill. More...

‘The soft economy continues to have a negative effect on real estate in our market’

A barometer of the economic and financial health of the region may be reflected in the recently released second quarter financial statement of the only publicly traded financial institution based in Clarke County. More...

Former Thomasville High School punter Jay Williams is at the University of Alabama and is listed as the starting punter as they prepare to open the season against San Jose State on Saturday, Sept. 4. Williams is pictured at Fan Day this past Sunday. More...

Two hundred and fiftyseven criminal indictments were issued by the Clarke County Grand Jury last week out of 286 presentations by District Attorney Spencer Walker and his staff. One hundred ninety of the 257 were felonies and 70 were misdemeanors. More...